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Denver native Jared Kleinstein was sitting in Sidebar, a Gators/Broncos watering hole in the Big Apple, on October 23 to watch the Broncos stage a 18-15 win in overtime against the Dolphins. The game was finished, when Tim Tebow dropped to to a knee and assumed a prayer-like position....

I attended my first football game in the fall of 1979 when I was just nine months old. Since then, I’ve been to more than 100 football games. High school match-ups, college bowls, pro games—I’ve seen it all. And I truly revel in the Xs and Os of what I deem to be the most compelling sport on the...

As the Broncos prepare to launch their 2011 season against the hated Raiders, the team has added a feature to its website sure to keep bleed-orange fans happy. By following this link, fans can access PDFs of every media guide the Broncos have ever released, a half-century’s worth of nostalgia...

Former University of Colorado Boulder football player and assistant coach Jon Embree returns to Folsom Field this month as head coach of a struggling team. Here, he talks about rivals, rebuilding, and the team’s future.
Where were you when you found out you were going to return to CU as head...

Which Front Range college football team has nine winning seasons in its last 10, features a national player-of-the-year finalist, and is ranked in the top 15 in two preseason polls? University of Colorado, Colorado State University, and even Air Force can’t lay claim to those kinds of stats. The...

Let’s get a few things straight: I graduated from the University of Georgia. I’m also rather circumspect about organized religion in any form. As such, I was not born to be a Tim Tebow fan. However, I dig his love for football, and I find his will—nay, his inherent ability—to win engaging as hell....

This article was selected for inclusion in the Best American Sports Writing 2011 anthology. It was part of Robert Sanchez's finalist portfolio for the City and Regional Magazine Association's 2010 writer-of-the-year. They all heard it: the buzz of the propellers , like a swarm of angry...

In 1964, Jan Stenerud was running the stadium steps at Montana State University (MSU) when he heard the booming voice of the school’s football coach call him down to the field. The coach had heard that Stenerud—a soccer player from Norway on a skiing scholarship—had a right foot on him. Did he ever...

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The American Society of Interior Designers' (ASID) Colorado Chapter decorated the Governor's Residence for the holidays. Holiday tours, free and open to the public, will take place December 8-11 and December 15-18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All photos by Sarah Boyum